We at CorgIT.xyz have already talked about the first smartphones with a 120 Hz refresh rate in 2022 and about phones with a 144 Hz screen. Now it’s time to talk about other smartphones with a 120 Hz screen that were released in the second half of 2020 and about new phones with 120 Hz that have already been presented in 2021.
TOP 5 most compact smartphones 2022 with a 120 Hz
The trend of 2020 was smartphones with a 120 Hz screen. Over the past year, many phones have been released with a screen refresh rate of 120 Hertz. Both among flagships and in the budget segment.
Samsung Galaxy S21
The first smartphones with a 120 Hertz screen in 2022 . All three new Galaxy S received Dynamic AMOLED screens with a dynamic refresh rate. At moments when it is useless to use energy-consuming 120 Hz, for example, while reading an e-book, the 60 Hz mode is automatically turned on. As a result, this has a positive effect on the autonomy of the device.
More details about S21 series smartphones
Realme GT Master Edition 8/256
A new product from the Chinese manufacturer Realme, released in July 2021. The phone features a high-quality display that provides a high refresh rate and good brightness. There is support for fast recharging through 65-watt fast charging. Excellent image quality even in low light conditions.
Advantages:
- sRGB color gamut 100%;
- ample opportunities for flexible configuration;
- Tempered glass as display protection.
Flaws:
- no stereo speakers;
- The material of the case does not give the owner a feeling of premium status.
An adequate price allows many buyers to purchase a smartphone. High build quality makes the gadget resistant to operational stress.
Xiaomi Mi 11
The latest phone with a 120 Hertz screen introduced in 2020 . The model received a 6.81” AMOLED screen and a 4,600 mAh battery. In addition, this is the first flagship with Snapdragon 888. You can learn more about Mi 11 here.
Moreover, a simplified version is expected to be released - Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite . It will be exactly similar to the older model, but with an IPS screen that will also receive 120 Hz.
ASUS Zenfone 8 ZS590KS 8/256
This phone is equipped with a top-end Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor with a clock frequency of 2.8 MHz, which allows you to play powerful games. The IP68 climate rating makes the phone resistant to accidental drops of liquid. The display has a built-in fingerprint scanner for easy locking/unlocking of the phone.
Advantages:
- Super Amoled screen protected by Gorilla Glass Victus;
- UFS 3.1 drive with a capacity of 128 GB;
- built-in 64-megapixel camera with optical stabilizer.
Flaws:
- There is no optical zoom in the camera;
- no wireless charging function.
The model belongs to the flagship category, therefore it supports all the modern functions of a premium phone. The sRGB color gamut reaches 99.9%.
OnePlus 8T
In 2020, OnePlus did not introduce the 8T Pro, but instead it released a limited-edition smartphone in the Cyberpunk 2077 style.
In terms of technical characteristics, they are the same. Both received a 6.55” AMOLED screen with Full HD+ resolution and a 4500 mAh battery. Because of this, their design is radically different.
More details about OnePlus 8T Cyberpunk 2077 Limited Edition
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
Another trend for 2020 is budget flagships. The bright S20 FE introduced in September is one of them.
The new product is cheaper than the flagship line due to: a flat screen, FullHD+ resolution, not 4K, and a plastic body. At the same time, the screen refresh rate works in adaptive mode; 120 Hertz will be turned on when it is not needed. In addition, the model has the same processor as all S20s, it also has stereo speakers and reverse charging.
More details about the Galaxy S20 FE
OnePlus 9 Pro 12/256 GB
A flagship smartphone released by the Chinese company in March 2021 and receiving numerous positive reviews. The display reproduces colors in the sRGB range as accurately as possible thanks to LPTO technology, while providing 100% coverage. The model surprises with the latest camera, ultra-fast charging, and amazing performance.
Advantages:
- 6.7-inch screen with Fluid Display 2.0 system;
- 3.3x telephoto zoom (laser focusing);
- flagship processor with plenty of power.
Flaws:
- lack of a module for shooting in macro mode;
- There is no 3.5 mm input, as well as a slot for a CDmini memory card.
The smartphone is equipped with 50 V wireless charging. The top AMOLED screen has HDR10+ function and a clock frequency of 120 Hz.
Poco X3 NFC
While Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite has not been released and it is not known how much it will cost, Poco X3 is the cheapest smartphone with a 120 Hz screen . Moreover, in addition to a 6.67″ IPS screen with a high refresh rate, it also has stereo speakers, a 5160 mAh battery, a plastic body and a good camera.
Oppo A53
The smartphone costs about the same as the Galaxy M12. Oppo has the same screen (including support for 90Hz mode), the same battery, but the cameras are simpler: there are three of them, and the main one is 13-megapixel. But the A53 has stereo speakers - an extremely rare option in this class. Overall, the smartphone turned out to be successful - we tested it and know what we are talking about.
Please note: sales of the Oppo A54, the formal successor to the A53, began recently in the Russian Federation. However, this same successor lacks both a screen with a high refresh rate and stereo speakers. Plus, instead of the Qualcomm platform, it used MediaTek. So... This is exactly the case when it is better to prefer last year’s model to a fresh one. Moreover, the A53 is more than relevant today.
Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra
Smartphone with stylus and 120 Hz screen.
In August, the premiere of smartphones with Samsung styluses took place. In the line of phablets, only the Ultra model with a 6.9″ screen received a refresh rate of 120 Hz. Moreover, it became the first to receive an adaptive mode for changing the refresh rate.
More details about the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2
The 120Hz smartphone with the largest screen. When unfolded, its diagonal is 7.6″ .
The presentation of the second generation of foldable Fold smartphones took place during the premiere of Note 20. And the new generation, in addition to an increased screen refresh rate, received an improved mechanism for folding the device. And also the second screen has become larger – 6.6″.
The world's first phone with a 240Hz display refresh rate
The Sharp Aquos Zero2 is the only smartphone that offers the highest display refresh rate available at the moment, 240Hz. It features a 6.4-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with a small notch at the top and a slightly thicker bezel at the bottom. The device is powered by Snapdragon 855 with 8 GB of RAM and a dual main camera of 12.2 MP + 21.1 MP. The main disadvantage of the smartphone is its battery, because due to the higher refresh rate the battery will drain even faster. This model even has protection against water and dust according to the IP68 standard, however, the weak battery of the device greatly reduces the overall performance of the Aquos Zero2.
Honor V40
This is the latest new product that received a 120 Hz screen . The presentation of Honor V40 took place at the end of January.
This is the first flagship of Honor as an independent brand. It received a large 6.72-inch OLED screen and a 4000 mAh battery.
More details about V40
Xiaomi Black Shark 3S
A gaming smartphone with a 120 Hertz screen.
The history of phones with screen refresh rates greater than 60 Hz began with gaming smartphones. Black Shark 3S is one of the latest gaming innovations with a 120 Hz screen. Most gaming smartphones in 2022 have already received 144 Hz.
More details about Black Shark 3S
Does a 90/120Hz display drain more battery?
What cool and truly new things have we gotten lately on smartphones? Screens have a higher frequency - 120 or 90 Hz instead of the usual 60 Hz. How smooth and pleasant Android has become - it’s as if it has stepped into a new stage of development! But another problem has arisen - they are shouting from everywhere that all these 90 and 120 Hz are draining the battery and the user has to choose: pleasant or long? Today we will conduct an experiment on how a smart phone sits down at 120 or 90 Hz - is it worth denying yourself pleasure or is it better to live to the fullest?
We have two smartphones on hand: Pixel 4 XL - it can operate at 90Hz and Xiaomi K30 with a 120Hz screen frequency. To test everything for myself, I conducted 10 hours of tests in different usage scenarios. Maybe everything is not as obvious as it looks at first glance?
Let's talk about the conditions right away - we will start all tests on fully charged smart phones - with maximum brightness and auto-brightness turned off. Each test will last one hour.
Static test: just the screen turned on without any animation or movement
After an hour at 90Hz, the Pixel 4 XL dropped by 10 percent, and at 60Hz by 9 percent.
As for the Xiaomi K30, when working at 120Hz, we saw a drop of 8 percent, exactly the same amount the smartphone lost at 60.
Interestingly, the difference is only one percent for the Pixel. Can this be considered a test error? Still, the test lasted a whole hour - we’ll write it down. In theory, in static conditions, the battery should drain equally. So when reading books or other applications with no animation, you will not feel the difference.
What we do on a smartphone - watch videos on Youtube - especially the Droider channel
Here I expected a completely different result; in some tests on the same Galaxy S20, I read about a difference in consumption of about 8 percent - also within an hour. I got the following Pixel at 90 Hz dropped by 8 percent, and at 60 Hz suddenly by 9. Perhaps the result was fixed at the border.
What about Xiaomi: a drop of 10 percent in both tests - both 120 and 60. That is, again, no difference.
The conclusion is this: on YouTube, when watching a video, the increased frequency does not work by default - the exception may be 120fps videos.
But if, while watching, you surf YouTube and scroll, the result will be different, because interfaces reveal all the delights of increased frequency - especially when scrolling.
Vertical text scrolling
In the absence of a robotic arm, I used web tests for animation and scrolling - displaying the current FPS.
To begin with, vertical scrolling is a scrolling test. This is where the fun began. We understand that the screen displays images more often at 90 or 120 Hz and, as a result, there is an increased load on the processor and GPU. It turns out that the battery should drain faster, but by how much?
To my surprise, on the Pixel the difference is again insignificant - only 1 percent, but on Xiaomi at 120 Hz the smartajy was three percent stronger.
Horizontal scroll with a picture
This is the penultimate test and one of the most revealing. Here we already saw logical indicators - the Pixel 4 XL's battery drained 3 percent more at 90 Hz than at 60 Hz. The difference for Redmi K30 is even more significant - 7 percent.
Game test
Well, now let’s check how smartphones will perform during the gaming test - we’ll test it on Alto’s Odyssey - we know for sure about it, it supports both 90 and 120 Hz.
It was not easy to poke two smartphones for an hour without stopping the game, but I tried to do it evenly (it’s time to get a home robot for testing). In general, the Pixel at 90 Hz dropped four percent more than 60 Hz. As for the Xiaomi Redmi K30, it has the same result - a four percent difference.
Below is a table with all the results. It can be seen that in some scenarios the battery does drain faster, but not by much.
On my own behalf, I would like to add that I am ready to put up with slightly increased battery consumption at 120 or 90 Hz.
Still, the pleasure from the smoothness of the interfaces on my scales outweighs the battery savings. Post Views: 6,436
